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'Seistan. Revenue Report and Notes of the Perso-Afghan Arbitration Commission, 1902-1905. Volume II. Part V - Appendices and Glossary.' [4v] (13/380)
The record is made up of 1 volume (186 folios). It was created in 1906. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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APPENDIX 20.—Note on the cultivation done in the villages at the tail of th
Farah Rud
APPENDIX ji.—D etailed description of the fords on the Helmand from Girishk
downwards.
Fords from Girishk to Puza-i-Mashi • • • * *
Puza-i-Mashi, Chaharburjak, Bandar-i-Kamal Khan and • . '
Fords on the Helmand be.ow the Band-i-Seistan and on the Rud*M anan
Fords on the Nad-i-Aii channel
Fords on the Rud-i-Seistan ...••» • •
Ferries .
Tutin ferries in the Delta •«••••*•*
Swimmers • * * '
Navigation
Appendix 22.—The Naizar—Its pools, channels and vegetation.
Main line of flow from the tail of the Parian . . .
Subsidiary line of flow through Chung-i-Gardan Reg. .
Subsidiarv line of flow through Chung-i-Shor . . .
Names of localities in the southern part of the inundated area
Appendix 23.—The Hamun-i-Sabari.
Traditions •
The bed as seen in 1902
The action of the wind
The great storm in the month of Nahum of 1893 . . «
5 al-i-Mashla Bandi, 1880
The great flood cf 1885
The drying up of the waters in 1902
The effects of the strong wind in January 1905 and March 1905
The greatest depth of water in the Hamun ....
APPENDIX 24.—Detailed description of the phases of the river from all sources.
Part I.—From 1830 to 1876 from the accounts of travellers and from the inhabitants
Part II.— Statement by years from 1877 to 1902 showing the state of the Helmand, the
Hamun, the Sar-i-Shela and the Gaud-'t-Zireh
Part III.—Detailed narrative account for the years I903-I904*i905 from the records of
the Mission
Appendix 25.—-The great flood of 18S5.
The volume and time of; and the damage done by the flood
The Traku trough
The Sar-i-Shela
The Gaud-i-Zireh
Changes made in the bed of the river at Bandar-i-Kamal Khan
In the Farah Rud
In the Harud Rud
Estimated flood discharge in 1885
In the Rud-i-Ban.ian
In the Rud-i-Khash
Appendix 26. —The years in which floods have reached the Gaudi-i-Zireh
Appendix 27. —The Gaud-i-Zireh:—Cultivation, grazing, salt, roads and sweet
water
Appendix 28 —Detailed description of the roads or ways across the inundated
area.
Lbt of twelve ways across the Naizar .
Roads lying between the mouth of the Khash Rud and the Hamun-i-Puzak .
Roads or ways across the Naiiar between the Hamun-i Puzak and the Kuh-i-Khwaja
Roads round the southern end of the inundated area
Appendix 29.—Note on mills for grinding corn by Khan Bahadur Mir Sham Shah
APPENDIX 30.—Biographies of Seistani Guides.
Meshedi Ali
Gulmir .......
The old Arbab, Saif-ud-din .
List of guides with the Irrigation Party
Appendix 31.— Some notes on the of the old mainstream of the Helmand,
and on the band that were once made at the head of these shela •
collected by Lala Thakur Dass, Supervisor.
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The second volume of reports produced by the Perso-Afghan Boundary Commission, Seistan [Sīstān], and submitted to the Government of India, Foreign Department. Publication statement: Simla: Government of India Foreign Department, 1906.
The commission, under the direction of Colonel Arthur Henry McMahon, was to redefine the frontier between Persia and Afghanistan in the south, and develop a formula for the division of the Helmand waters. The report consists of a general description of the region, and specific notes on ethnography, meteorology, agriculture, industry, and hydrology.
Comprising appendices on the following:
- statistical tables
- copy correspondence between the British, Persian and Afghan Commissioners
- genealogical trees and tables
- meteorological data
- notes and memoranda on aspects of Seistan geography, ethnology, hydrology, industry, economy, agriculture, botany, entomology, and transport infrastructure
- glossary.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (186 folios)
- Arrangement
The Revenue Report of the Perso-Afghan Arbitration Commission consists of three volumes (IOR/L/PS/20, 23 and 24). The volumes are divided into six parts with parts 1-4 comprising one volume, part 5 comprising the second, and part 6 comprising the third.
A synopsis of contents can be found at pp i - iv (folios 4-7)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 188; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence (pp i-iv, 329-689)
Condition: the binding structure has partially broken down, and many folios are loose. Please handle carefully.
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